The Greatest Question
(1919) American
B&W : Six reels / 6224 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Lillian Gish [Nellie Jarvis], Robert Harron [Jimmie Hilton], Ralph Graves [John Hilton], George Fawcett [John Hilton], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Hilton], George Nicholls [Mr. Scrubble], Josephine Crowell [Mrs. Scrubble], Tom Wilson [Uncle Zeke], Katherine Albert, Richard Barthelmess

D.W. Griffith production; distributed by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. / Produced by D.W. Griffith. Scenario by Stanner E.V. Taylor, from a novel by William Hale. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. Edited by James Smith. Music score arranged by Albert Pesce. Presented by D.W. Griffith. / © 16 December 1919 by D.W. Griffith [LP14554]. Premiere 28 December 1919 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1711.

Survival Status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Keywords: Children - Crime: Murder, Rape (Attempted) - Death: Murder - Ghosts - Rescues

Listing updated: 27 September 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1711; Barry-Griffith pp. 29, 61, 69; Brownlow-Parade pp. 87, 282; Everson-American pp. 48, 87, 91, 156-157; Shipman-Cinema p. 66; Weaver-Twenty p. 146 : Variety-57-6 p. 74.